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#48: Paul Kendrick - "Nine Days"
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Martin Luther King Jr. was sitting in jail, and the presidential campaigns of John Kennedy and Richard Nixon had no idea what - if anything - to do about it. Paul and Stephen Kendrick's new book, "Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr's Life and Win the 1960 Election," explains how that moment became a watershed. Black voters in southern states had voted Republican, and Richard Nixon boasted of the better connection with some of the most prominent African Americans in the country. But the Kennedy campaign understood that the working class appeal of the Democratic Party could be harnessed to win critical votes in states with large Black populations.
Yet, working to get Martin Luther King out of jail was a risk. Both candidates were worried about appearing to go too far in cultivating the support of Black voters, because it could turn off white voters in the south. Indeed, after days of agonizing debate, the Kennedy campaign decided he should call Coretta Scott King and offer support, while also working behind the scenes to free the future Civil Rights icon.
Kendrick recounts the 1960 campaign's critical moment, one that would set the tone for politics for the next two generations... and counting.
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